An inspiring wedding: Robby Li-jaja Elises nuptials

THEY met at the review center preparing for the Architectural board exams. Robby Li from Manila and Jaja Elises, the charming Dabawenyo.
They were attracted to each other and their love story mettle tested and spanning from their hometowns to Singapore.
They saved happily for a beautiful wedding and their parents -- Mr. Odello and Mrs. Nelly N. Elises of the bride and Mrs. Norieta V, Li -- are proud for the achievements of these hardworking and efficient couple.
Last August 8 was the Big Day, an auspicious day which is one of the most sought after dates to settle down.
They had their memorable day at the St. Paul Parish, solemnly officiated by Bishop Guillermo Afable and co-celebrated by Rev. Fr. Rodney Mondido.
Tears of joy were shed as the bride marched her way through the aisle with the groom bursting in tears waiting at the altar. Finally, his hard paid off -- he got his beautiful bride.
Reception followed at the coolest place ever, The View, with the great photography of Simply Gray.
Standing as the couple's principal sponsors are: Arch. Marietta Ara¤as, Delma Q. Elises, Christina B. Ramos, Gloria Maria D. Coronel, Camila S. Maligalig, Elma G. de Guzman, Dr. Eleonor B. Palabyab, Delia P. Solis, Amy D. Grabato, Valentina D. Ciudadano, Fely L. Aquino, Trinidad M. Amoguis, Alice A. Banta, Arch. Jaime P. Ansaldo, Engr. Joe M. Bagais Engr. Renato V. Maligalig, Engr. Victor T. de Guzman Dr. Nelson C. Villano, Enrico U. Solis and Frem D. Grabato.
The day was made possible by the excellent and professional services of the wedding team of Mel Orlina Couture of Manila, groom's suit by Egay Ayag, cake by Osvaldo's, entourage by Jun Artajo, make-up by Otoi Mercado, flower arrangement by noted florist Wendell Gartes of Floral Pink Designs, cocktails and catering by Aor's A Home Kitchen, invitation by Prinsonalities, mobile bar by Cocktails & Dreams Davao, photobooth by Fun in the Box.
The master of ceremonies was lawyer Alexis Lumbatan.

Wedding: Lindsey Long Wannamaker & Patrick McKissack Westbury

Lindsey Long Wannamaker and Patrick McKissack Westbury, both of Columbia, South Carolina, were married on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at St. Paul United Methodist Church in St. Matthews, South Carolina. The bride was given in marriage by her father. The Reverend Suzanne Walker and the Reverend Dr. Justin Gilreath, cousin of the groom, performed the six o'clock ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kendall Whitfield Wannamaker of St. Matthews. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. John Calhoun Parler, Jr. and the late Mr. Parler of Elloree, South Carolina, and Mrs. Joseph Long Wannamaker and the late Mr. Wannamaker of St. Matthews. Lindsey graduated from Orangeburg Preparatory School in 2005 and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Newberry College in 2009. Currently, she is employed by AFLAC Insurance in Columbia.
The groom is the son of Mrs. Gilreath Westbury of St. Matthews and Mr. and Mrs. James Kenneth Westbury, Jr. of Ft. Motte, South Carolina. He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Frank Gilreath, Sr. of Travelers Rest, South Carolina and Mrs. James Kenneth Westbury, Sr. of Lexington (formerly of St. Matthews) and the late Mr. Westbury. Patrick is a 1999 graduate of Calhoun County High School and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Clemson University in 2002. He is currently employed with C. F. Evans and Company in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
Mary Win Hipp King, cousin of the bride, served as the bride's matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Elizabeth Mahon Brown, Katherine Ann Edwards, Henley Westbury Ellis, Mollyrose Milewski, Ainsley Reid Porter, and Mary Margaret Weeks Westbury. Flower girls were Bella Grace King and Lila Win Hipp, cousins of the bride.
The groom's brother, Kenneth Lawrence Westbury, served as the groom's best man. Groomsmen were Adrian Ross Ashley, Jr., Robert Paul Edwards, Alden Kyle Pugh, John Michael Stevens, and Kendall Whitfield Wannamaker, Jr.
Program attendants were Rachel Deanne Funchess, Charlotte Sheridan McCoy, and Sandra Caroline McCoy, cousins of the bride.
A reception followed the ceremony at The Orangeburg Country Club where guests were welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. Keitt Hane Fair and Mr. and Mrs. James Howard Shirer, Jr., friends of the bride's family.
After a wedding trip to St. Lucia, the couple will reside in Columbia.

WEDDING: Childers/Peck

Miss Sarah Paige Childers of Lancaster, Ohio and Mr. Joseph William Peck of Baltimore, Ohio were married at 3:30 p.m., Saturday, October 4, 2014 at Emanuel Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Ohio. The Rev. Mark Raddatz officiated. Kantor Kelly Raybourne furnished the wedding music. Mrs. Shirley Schaffner of Baltimore, Ohio was vocalist.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Ray Childers of Jackson, Ohio. Her maternal grandparents are Mrs. Katherine Lundy of Conway, South Carolina and the late Mr. Lloyd Lundy. Her paternal grandparents are Mrs. Earleene Childers of New Franklin, Ohio and the late Mr. Carl Childers.
The bride graduated from the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College with an associate degree in Radiologic Technology. She is employed at Fairfield Medical Center as a Radiologic Technologist.
The groom is the son of Mrs. Karen J. Peck of Baltimore, Ohio and the late Mr. Harold W Peck. He is the grandson of the late Mr and Mrs. Joseph and Mary Agnes Guisinger, and the late Mr and Mrs. Willard and Neva Peck.
The groom attended Ohio University and is employed at Green Gourmet Foods in Baltimore, Ohio.
The bride was escorted by her father. Matron of honor was Kylie Collins of Rushville, Ohio, friend of the bride. Bridesmaids were Elizabeth Arthur of Vinton, Ohio, sister of the bride, Rebecca Childers of Gallipolis, Ohio, sister of the bride, Genevieve Rossiter of Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia, friend of the bride and Melissa Robers of Lancaster, Ohio, friend of the bride and groom. The flower girl was Miss Kendal Robers of Lancaster, Ohio, friend of the bride and groom.
Best Man was Scott Wray of Baltimore, Ohio, friend of the groom. Groomsmen were Joseph Robers of Lancaster, Ohio, friend of the groom, Gary Greene of Baltimore, Ohio, friend of the groom, James Ebersbach of Thurston, Ohio, friend of the groom and David Mauger of Lancaster, Ohio, cousin of the groom. The ring bearers were the bride's nephews, Jeremiah Childers of Gallipolis, Ohio and Ethan Arthur of Vinton, Ohio.
The ceremony readers were Susan Mauger of Lancaster, Ohio and Kelly Kunkler of New Lexington, Ohio. The guest registrar and program attendant was Miss Madison Collins of Rushville, Ohio, friend of the bride.
Following the ceremony, the bride's parents hosted a reception at Hickory Lakes in Pickerington, Ohio. After a honeymoon in Hawaii, the couple will live in Lancaster, Ohio.

How a Family of 21 Throws a Wedding

Every father of the bride braces for the moment when he walks his daughter down the aisle and gives her away to the man she loves.
But Gil Bates will likely take that walk 10 times for each of his 10 daughters. He also has nine sons to marry off.
The Bates family is an evangelical, conservative Christian family who are deeply faithful and live a modest lifestyle at their home outside of Knoxville, Tennessee.
With 19 biological children, Gil and Kelly Bates believe God is in charge of family planning. At 25 years old, Zach is the oldest, followed by Michael, Erin, Lawson, Nathan, Alyssa, Tori, Trace, Carlin, Josie, Katie, Jackson, Warden, Isaiah, Addaliee, Ellie, Callie, Judson and baby Jeb, who is 2-and-a-half.
Alyssa, 19, the most recent Bates child to walk down the aisle, was married in May after getting engaged in January to her now husband John Webster, the son of Florida Congressman Daniel Webster.
Alyssa was Gil and Kelly’s third child to head to the altar. Zach, the eldest child, was married to his wife Whitney in December and settled just down the road from his family. They are expecting their first child -- the first Bates grandchild -- in October. Erin, 23, is also a newlywed. She and her husband Chad Paine live in a cottage also not far from her parents and older brother.
Anyone who marries a Bates must share their strict Christian values and it’s not always easy to get parental approval. Gil turned away a suitor for Michael, their oldest daughter, when she was 16. She watched her two younger sisters, Erin and Alyssa, become brides before her, but soon it will be her turn. She and her boyfriend Brandon Keilen are courting and both said they want a big family.
“Thankfully, praise the Lord, we agree, we both want a lot of kids, so, but if the Lord just gives us two, that’s wonderful too,” Michael said.
Before their wedding, Alyssa and John had never been alone together, even though they had dated for over a year. As part of the Bates’ family’s rules of courtship, the couple barely had any physical contact before marriage.
Since Alyssa has so many siblings, not all of them could be in the bridal party so just nine of the 19 Bates children were in the wedding. As for the wedding dress, no strapless or plunging neckline allowed. Alyssa even had to have her dress altered to add cap sleeves.
“On the wedding day, she should feel beautiful, comfortable and appropriate,” said her mother, Kelly.
Six hundred people were invited to the wedding, including the Bates’ friends and America’s most famous mega family, the Duggars, the stars of TLC’s reality TV show, “19 Kids and Counting.” Raising 19 kids is not cheap, so the Bates like to live frugally and that includes how they throw a wedding. The signs, the decor, even the pot luck desserts were all made by the family.
Gil runs a tree-cutting business and preaches, which provides enough for the family to get by. Lawson, the Bates’ fourth child, started his own lawn care company when he was just 13, which has been profitable enough for Lawson to help out his family.
“I bought a new truck. I buy everything cash. I don't like to borrow money,” he said. “Zach needed $1,000 to help buy a car, so I loaned him that. Erin needed a couple thousands to go to college, so she's paying me back. They're real good about paying me back, which is fine with me. I don't mind.”
Kelly has been pregnant 23 of the last 25 years and has had 14 home births with the help of a midwife, without epidurals or anesthesia. But as she got older, she had a harder time with pregnancies and suffered three miscarriages, so she started taking progesterone to increase her chances of having successful pregnancies.
While the Bates do not believe in birth control, because they say they don't want to use medical intervention to prevent a pregnancy, they are willing to use modern medicine to sustain a pregnancy. They argue a 2-day-old embryo is as deserving of medical intervention as any of their children because they believe life begins at conception.
“Although we just want to trust God, but at the same time, if there’s already a life living, we don’t want to deny medical help for a baby that’s in trouble,” Kelly said.
After her hormone treatment, Kelly gave birth to Jeb, baby No. 19, almost three years ago, and said they would have more if that’s what God intended.
For most of the kids’ lives, the Bates family members have all lived under one roof in a five-bedroom home. But Alyssa will be the first to move away from the family’s hometown, which gave everyone pre-wedding jitters.
“Right now I am all excited about getting married, but it’s going to affect me after I move,” Alyssa said.
Soon she and her new husband will move 700 miles away to John’s hometown of Orlando, Florida.
“It’s sad, it’s really sad,” said Tori Bates, who is 13 months younger than Alyssa. “Erin stayed here, Zach stayed here. ... Alyssa, she is moving straight to Florida. When she leaves the wedding, that is the last we’ll see of her.”
Although the Bates family doesn't own a TV, they have a massive online following. Lawson has more than 12,000 followers on Instagram. Alyssa, who started using Instagram to share photos with family and friends, now has 23,000 followers. She mostly shares photos of her and her new husband with the hashtag "#LoveMyHusband."

“It will be an adjustment,” Kelly said of Alyssa moving away. “We are going to miss her personality, her talent. She is a big help to the family. She cooks, she organizes. She will be missed, it will be an adjustment. But thank the Lord for texting. I plan on texting every day.”

New Details From the Singer and Eric Johnson's Wedding

Jessica Simpson was a blushing bride—literally!—when she flubbed her marital vows.
Sources tell E! News that Jessica's father, Joe Simpson, officiated her wedding to Eric Johnson July 5. The 33-year-old bride walked down the aisle at the San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, Calif., wearing a custom Carolina Herrera gown. She and Johnson exchanged vows in front of more than 250 attendees, including celebrities Jessica Alba,CaCee Cobb, Donald Faison, Topher Grace, Evan Ross, Ashlee Simpson and Cash Warren. Guests traveled from states like Illinois, Massachusetts, New York and Texas.
The couple's 1-year-old son, Ace, served as a ring bearer and their 2-year-old daughter,Maxwell, 2, walked down the aisle as a flower girl. Maxi was accompanied by Ashlee's 5-year-old son, Bronx Wentz.
When the 34-year-old groom began to recite his vows, he choked up and had to start over again. And, according to sources, Jessica was just as nervous when she said hers. In fact, she was so overwhelmed that instead of addressing Eric, she said her own name! Luckily, she laughed it off and started over again.
After swapping vows, the newlyweds gave a statement to People. "We are overwhelmed with complete happiness and love having made our eternal commitment," Jessica and Eric gushed. "To say 'I do' in front of family, friends and, most importantly, our children has been the happiest moment of our lives."
During the reception, Eric's father gave a touching toast, but neither of Jessica's parents made speeches. "It was very emotional," a source said. An insider adds, "Jessica looked very happy on her wedding day."
The bride didn't dance much, sources tell E! News. Instead, she chose to chat with family and friends. That didn't stop the fashion designer's guests from busting a move, as some of them stayed until 5 a.m.
When guests exited the wedding, women were given rose-colored leather totes. They were filled with items personally designed by Jessica, including sunglasses. Each bag also had delectable treats to eat.
Following an 80-month engagement, the wedding went off without a hitch. "You better believe it was, 'Wow!'" one guest told E! News. "That freakin' thing must have cost a million bucks. It was fantastic."

Indeed it was. "The whole weekend was magical for us," Simpson told People. "We feel complete."

Full House Cast Reunion at Dave Coulier's Wedding to Melissa Bring

Full House, full hearts! The cast of the beloved '80s and '90s family-centric sitcom Full House reunited in Paradise Valley, Mont., for Dave Coulier's wedding to Melissa Bring.
The nuptials, held in a scenic field surrounded by lush greenery and mountainous terrain, took place on Wednesday, July 2. There to witness the union between husband, 54, and wife, 31, included Coulier's former costars, John Stamos (Uncle Jesse), Candace Cameron Bure (DJ Tanner), Andrea Barber (Kimmy Gibbler), Bob Saget (Danny Tanner), and Full House show creator Jeff Franklin.
Barber, 38, who went as Bure's date to the wedding while their husbands watched their kids at home, shared a snap with Stamos wedged between the two girls. "Full hearts here at @dcoulier and @melissabring's wedding," she captioned the Instagram pic.
Bure, 38, also expressed joy in being reunited with her onscreen bestie. "This is love..... friends forever, K&DJ, A&C," the DWTS alum wrote, alongside a pic of the two posing in a field.
As for the men of the house? Franklin tweeted an adorable picture -- taken moments after Coulier and Bring exchanged vows -- with the "three funniest guys I know, for 28 years...Love these guys!"
Bure also shared a picture with the groom, who protectively wrapped one arm around his onscreen niece's shoulder. "Happy wedding day Dave & Melissa!!! I love you both SO much!!!, she wrote alongside a snap of the two standing in an open field decorated with wooden picnic tables, white tents, and matching table settings.
The decorative wood, it turns out, was a highly-coveted item at the wedding -- from Stamos' perspective, at least. Saget, 58, shared a picture of the hunky Uncle Jesse, 50, looking sharp in a navy suit and aviator shades and holding a plank of burnished wood. "Stamos walking away with wood at Dave's wedding," Saget captioned the funny picture.
John Stamos joked around at the wedding carrying a piece of wood.
Credit: Courtesy of Bob Saget
Us Weekly exclusively reported the news of Coulier's engagement last month. In a statement, Coulier (who played the beloved Uncle Joey Gladstone on the smash show) expressed how excited he was to get married to his longtime love Bring, a photographer and producer.

"Melissa has been my best friend since I met her nine years ago," he told Us. "I feel like the luckiest man on the planet. I get to marry my best friend, and she doesn't mind that I have a really bad gas problem."

Kendra Wilkinson steps out sans wedding ring

Kendra Wilkinson did not like what she found when she looked into cheating rumors surrounding her husband Hank Baskett.
When the 29-year-old former Playboy model got wind of reports that Baskett had an affair with a transgender model, she laughed it off, Us Weekly reported in its latest issue.
However, once Wilkinson, who just gave birth to couple's second child five weeks ago, "started snooping," she discovered an "unexplained charge on his credit card," a source told the mag.
The blond reportedly "flipped out and punched walls in their home."
Wilkinson allegedly then threw photos from their wedding into their family pool, and took off her wedding ring and flushed it down the toilet, the insider continued to the mag.
"She was extremely angry."
Wilkinson further back up the rumors when she stepped out in Los Angeles Tuesday with her wedding ring visibly missing.
Baskett's indiscretion apparently took place with transgender Ava Sabrina London in April, the National Enquirer reported.
London sat down with the tabloid and shared her side of the story.
"He contacted me through a video I had posted on YouTube and we exchanged information," she said of how they first got connected.
"Hank never identified himself by his real name. But he used, I believe it was Steve, as his name," London recalled of their tryst.
"Hank absolutely knew that I was a transsexual and he told me that I was the only transsexual he's ever been with," she claimed.
"He thought I was beautiful."

The family, including newborn daughter Alijah Mary and the couple's 4-year-old son, Hank Jr., were seen out together post the affair news over the weekend of June 21, but Wilkinson was not wearing her rings.

Jessica Simpson & Eric Johnson’s July 4th Wedding

Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson are finally going to tie the knot on July 4th! Read on for all the details, including her fabulous wedding dress!
After four years and two children, Jessica Simpson, 33, and Eric Johnson, 34, are finally getting hitched on July 4th. As Jessica once said, “Eric keeps knocking [her] up,” so, despite the two previous wedding dates they had set, now’s the time! Details about her sure-to-be-gorgeous dress and more below!
Jessica Simpson’s Wedding Dress: Will Marry Eric Johnson Custom-Made Pale Pink Marchesa
“Jessica wants it to be the hugest, grandest event of the year,” a source tells In Touch mag. Jessica is “calling it a ‘supersize wedding!’” Well, we’re not so sure it could possibly be the hugestevent of the year — that honor may belong to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West — but we’re sure it will be fabulous.
Their wedding wll take place at the San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, California, according to the mag, and “will feature a barbeque spread and fireworks.”
The most exciting news, however, is that Jessica will be walking down the aisle in a pale pink, custom-made Marchesa gown. Gorgeous! Considering all the work she’s done to return to her pre-baby weight, we’re sure she’ll be thrilled by how she feels 55 pounds lighter from when baby Ace was born on her big day. We hope that we’ll see Ace and Maxwell in the wedding party!
Jessica Simpson & Eric Johnson Will Marry On A Ranch In Santa Barbara

The couple were originally planning on marrying in Capri, Italy, but “decided it was ‘too much’ to ask their friends to fly to Europe,” a source told Us Weekly. A ranch wedding seems much more their style, anyway.

Jill Duggar Kisses New Husband Derick Dillard at Their Wedding

You may now (finally) kiss the bride! Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard's wedding wasn't just the start of the couple's life as husband and wife—it was also the occasion of their first-ever kiss. In keeping with her family's courtship rules, the 19 Kids and Counting star, 23, decided to wait for marriage before locking lips with her beloved.
On Saturday, June 21, Jill and her fiance at last exchanged vows in front of more than 1,000 family members and friends at the Cross Church in Springdale, Ark., their rep confirmed to ABC News. Afterward, the two shared their first kiss at the altar.
Prior to saying "I do," the lovebirds had never done more than hold hands, which they did only after they got engaged in April. "We're just really trying to keep our relationship focused not on the physical but really just more on communication and continuing to learn more about each other," Jill explained to ABC earlier this year. "We're saving our first kiss and things beyond that for our wedding."
The TLC star's parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, support their daughter's choice, and in fact explained their ideas about dating on their show. "Courtship is really getting to know each other for the purpose of possibly getting engaged and getting married," Jim Bob said, noting that chaperones accompany the kids on their outings with potential suitors.
"As far as our kids dating," he began, "we believe a lot of times if you're alone with a person, it can create desires that can kind of get stirred up, and you don't have any accountability, and [that] can lead to some hanky panky."

"We did not save our first kiss for our wedding day, and we really regret that we didn't," Michelle added. "We really should have."